Since my update of 6/5 - For this update - ====================== Cortland County - Marriages from the Cortland Democrat for 1885, 1886, 1887. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/cortland/crtdvlle.htm Deaths from the same newspaper for 1886. These also have folks from Madison / Chenango counties mentioned from time to time, so don't discount these. I'm working on some odds and ends for 1886-1887 after I get deaths for 1887-1888 and marriages for 1888 on line. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As of this evening there are these numbers of subscribers: Chenango - 219 Cortland - 173 Madison - 223 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's been a busy summer, the new school year is starting off in a tailspin. For those who've asked about my daughter, most folks are amazed at how quickly English has come for her. It came much faster for her than Chinese was for me. She was also learning Spanish in the last two months of school last year and chatters away in it as well, although for the most part she might as well be speaking Chinese for all we know what she is saying. She's picked up American stuff and I suppose young people stuff too - I've only heard and seen a gazillion times High School Musical one and two with her begging for three when it comes out this fall. Then there's Camp Rock - and we now have a true generation gap... This summer she was in a camp sponsored at a local church that was celebrating its 50th year of doing so, learned to swim, meet other children outside of her school, learn songs and 10 weeks in participated in the musical at the end of the camp. Also near the end we got to go to the ER as she split open her chin on the pool deck. It took 4 adults to hold her down so the doctor could put the stitches in, even with the 'calming' stuff they'd already given her. A couple of weeks ago she started 3rd grade but is learning to read English with the 1st graders. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now for question time - I ran across a book a couple of weeks ago that I believe was written in the late 1950s, wherein it described remaining covered bridges in New York state. As I recall most seemed to be down Catskills way or up along the Hudson. I'm curious to know if anyone remembers any covered bridges in Chenango, Cortland or Madison counties? I have to think there surely were some, but don't ever recall any myself, but then again my experience in the area is limited. Tim

Isn't there on in Otsego County now? I know I was planning to go see one that wasn't too far away. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com>; <nycortla@rootsweb.com>; <nymadiso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 1:03 AM Subject: [NYCHENAN] update 8/29/08 > Since my update of 6/5 - > > For this update - > > ====================== > Cortland County - > > Marriages from the Cortland Democrat for 1885, 1886, 1887. > > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/cortland/crtdvlle.htm > > Deaths from the same newspaper for 1886. > > These also have folks from Madison / Chenango counties > mentioned from time to time, so don't discount these. > > I'm working on some odds and ends for 1886-1887 after I get > deaths for 1887-1888 and marriages for 1888 on line. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > As of this evening there are these numbers of subscribers: > > Chenango - 219 > Cortland - 173 > Madison - 223 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > It's been a busy summer, the new school year is starting off in a > tailspin. > > For those who've asked about my daughter, most folks are > amazed at how quickly English has come for her. It came much > faster for her than Chinese was for me. > > She was also learning Spanish in the last two months of school > last year and chatters away in it as well, although for the most > part she might as well be speaking Chinese for all we know what > she is saying. > > She's picked up American stuff and I suppose young people stuff > too - I've only heard and seen a gazillion times High School Musical > one and two with her begging for three when it comes out this fall. > Then there's Camp Rock - and we now have a true generation > gap... > > This summer she was in a camp sponsored at a local church that > was celebrating its 50th year of doing so, learned to swim, meet > other children outside of her school, learn songs and 10 weeks in > participated in the musical at the end of the camp. > > Also near the end we got to go to the ER as she split open her > chin on the pool deck. It took 4 adults to hold her down so the > doctor could put the stitches in, even with the 'calming' stuff > they'd already given her. > > A couple of weeks ago she started 3rd grade but is learning to > read English with the 1st graders. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Now for question time - > > I ran across a book a couple of weeks ago that I believe was > written in the late 1950s, wherein it described remaining covered > bridges in New York state. > > As I recall most seemed to be down Catskills way or up along > the Hudson. > > I'm curious to know if anyone remembers any covered bridges in > Chenango, Cortland or Madison counties? > > I have to think there surely were some, but don't ever recall any > myself, but then again my experience in the area is limited. > > Tim > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >